GIS for Planning and Design

Using geographic information systems to map, analyze and communicate planning and design data.

PLAN-230 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Urban Planning

Course content

  1. 1What GIS isComing
  2. 2Spatial data: vector and rasterComing
  3. 3Coordinate systemsComing
  4. 4Finding and managing dataComing
  5. 5Making good mapsComing
  6. 6Attribute queries and joinsComing
  7. 7Overlay and buffersComing
  8. 8Census and demographic mappingComing
  9. 9Network analysisComing
  10. 10Raster and terrain analysisComing
  11. 11Suitability analysisComing
  12. 12GIS projectComing

Description

Using geographic information systems to map, analyze and communicate planning and design data.

Part of the Architecture & Planning stream, typically taken in year 2.